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. 2024 Dec 10;2024(12):omae147.
doi: 10.1093/omcr/omae147. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Takayasu arteritis masquerading as brucellosis: a case report

Karokh F Hama Hussein  1   2 , Rawa Bapir  1   3   4 , Dilan S Hiwa  1 , Nali H Hama  1   5 , Shorsh A Mohammed  6 , Soran H Tahir  1   5 , Lawen Jamal Mustafa  7 , Dlshad M Faraj  8 , Hemin S Mohammed  1   8 , Sokar A Omar  8 , Shvan H Mohammed  4   8 , Fahmi H Kakamad  1   4   5
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Takayasu arteritis masquerading as brucellosis: a case report

Karokh F Hama Hussein et al. Oxf Med Case Reports. .

Abstract

This study reports a unique case of a 19-year-old male with Takayasu arteritis initially misdiagnosed as brucellosis due to persistently positive brucella serology. Despite multiple anti-brucellosis treatments, symptoms persisted until the correct diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis was made, Subsequent immunosuppressive therapy for Takayasu arteritis led to symptom improvement and normalization of serological markers. This highlights the challenge of distinguishing between these conditions and the potential for immunosuppression to impact brucella serology in such cases.

Keywords: Takayasu arteritis; brucella; diagnosis; pulseless disease; serology.

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Native chest CT axial section shows mildly dilated thoracic descending aorta measures 3 cm in diameter “yellow arrow,” also inflammatory lymph node 1.1 cm in short axis diameter adjacent to aorta “white arrow”.
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